Neville Longbottom: The (Not) Chosen One

Hey friends!

I recently wrote a piece for Birth. Movies. Death. as part of their celebration of Harry Potter prior to the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The piece was meant for a possible magazine, but was published online instead. Which is a good thing, all in all, since that means that I get to share it with a wider audience—including you!

Head over to Birth.Movies.Death. to read my piece, and check out the rest of the great Harry Potter Week content while you're there!

Paper Towns vs. the Manic Pixie Dream Girl | BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH.

I've talked about writing for BIRTH. MOVIES. DEATH., the official magazine of the Alamo Drafthouse, previously, but I wrote another piece for the July issue.

It's an editorial on how John Green's Paper Towns subverts—or attempts to subvert—the "manic pixie dream girl" trope.

Although the article was originally published in the magazine, it went up online yesterday. You can check it out here!

The movie adaptation of the book opens this weekend. I enjoyed the book quite a bit—it's actually the only John Green book I've read; I've been avoiding The Fault in Our Stars so long that it's gotten kind of ridiculous.

Have you read the book? Will you be seeing the movie? What are your thoughts on Miss MPDG?